"It is the pursuit of happiness that thwarts happiness."
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"There is no "playing with truth" in the Charkha programme, for satyagraha is not predominantly civil disobedience but a quiet and irresistible pursuit of Truth."
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"The pursuit of perfection prevents achievement of the satisfactory."
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"The Pursuit of Happiness: It sure seems to like a good chase, doesn't it?"
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"Unlike flying or astral projection, walking through walls is an earthbound pursuit."
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"It is not by delusion, however exalted, that mankind can prosper, but only by unswerving courage in the pursuit of truth."
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"The pursuit of eternity is no longer the prerogative of the gods - it is the business of us all, here and now."
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"One must espouse some pursuit, taking it kindly at heart and with enthusiasm."
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"Neither life nor happiness can be achieved by the pursuit of irrational whims."
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"The great Error of our Nature is, not to know where to stop, not to be satisfied with any reasonable Acquirement; not to compound with our Condition; but to lose all we have gained by an insatiable Pursuit after more."
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"If I have not been exposed and am not in any danger of pursuit. But I have been exposed, I am pursued - by myself! That is a pursuer that does not readily let go."
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"The pursuit of mastery is an ever-onward almost."
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"I suppose the pursuit of fashion has always carried a price, monetary or otherwise."
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"Documenting one's life in the midst of living it is a strange pursuit."
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"I am not at all concerned with appearing to be consistent. In my pursuit after Truth I have discarded many ideas and learnt many new things."
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"It is God’s passionate pursuit of us that calls us to prayer."
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"Where there is no desire or pursuits, there is no wholeness. But there are satisfying lesser states, fragments."
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"History is the most aristocratic of all literary pursuits, because it obliges the historian to be rich as well as educated."
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"How shall we account for our pursuits, if they are original? We get the language with which to describe our various lives out of acommon mint."
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"A distinguished clergyman told me that he chose the profession of a clergyman because it afforded the most leisure for literary pursuits. I would recommend to him the profession of a governor."
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